14 DAY TRIAL // The San Diego Unified School District is the second-largest school district in California and counts more than 130,000 students. Recently, school's officials made an announcement through which they claim to have chosen Novell's SLED10 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) as the standard platform for their well-known Always-On Learning Initiative. The Always-On Learning mobile computing initiative resides in exploring strategies for computing in school and community environments to help students in improving their test results.
The school tries to innovate the studying procedure by providing a wide pallet of handful tools and resources for teachers and students. For better results, apart from Linux, the program also uses numerous open source and Web applications. Dan Wolfson, program manager of Educational Technology for The Office of the Deputy Superintendent of San Diego City Schools, claims they've chosen the open source applications, not only because they are affordable for anyone, but also due to their unimpeachable quality and high reliability, as he was once saying in a statement:
"This mobile computing program will help students develop the cognitive tools they will need to compete in the global economy. To be beneficial to students and cost-effective for the district at the same time, our desktop operating platform needs to meet high standards of reliability, ease of use and administration, as well as being affordable. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop clearly meets those requirements."
Roger Levy, Novell vice president and general manager of open platform solutions, showed himself flattered by the school district's decision of adopting SLED 10 as the standard platform and ensured the school's officials they've made an excellent choice. "San Diego Unified School District is to be commended for undertaking such an ambitious initiative to benefit students. Novell is pleased to play a part in its success by supplying the eminently affordable and manageable SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop that will provide a familiar and reliable computing experience for students, teachers and system administrators", Roger Levy said in a statement.